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Constitutional Knots and Tamil Politics within the Indian Shadow
DBS Jeyaraj in Daily Mirror, 25 July 2020, where the title is “TNA Must Seek India’s Help To Protect 13th Amendment” The TNA may glibly say that everything is hunky-dory with India but this is not so. The reality is … Continue reading →
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Secessionist War and Terrorism in Sri Lanka: Transnatonal Impulses
Gerald H Peiris, being an article presented at an international conference held in New Delhi in October 2001 under the sponsorship of the Delhi-based Institute of Conflict Management. It has since then been published as a chapter in The Global … Continue reading →
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In Appreciative Memory of Karen Roberts, 1965-2018
Michael Roberts It has been something of a shock for me to discover that the Sri Lankan authoress Karen Roberts[1] had passed away in USA in 2018 while only in her middle-aged fifties (about the same age as my daughters). … Continue reading →
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Outdated Colonial Political Demarcations are No Foundation for Governance
Gerald H. Peiris, in The Island, 16 & 17 December 2020, where the title runs thus: “Province-based Devolution in Sri Lanka: a Critique” …. https://island.lk/province-based-devolution-in-sri-lanka-a-critique-2/ Preamble: This article is prompted by the recent announcement that the Cabinet will soon consider … Continue reading →
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On Stephen Champion’s Collaboration with Amnesty International in 2008
Gerald Peiris[1] From the recent correspondence[2] between you and the ace photographer Stephen Champion, (published in your Thuppahi blog), I came to know about a composite event staged in London in July 2008 consisting of an exhibition of photographs recorded … Continue reading →
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Ceylon’s First General Election in 1947: Reflections … with An Eye on Today’s Situation
Gerald. H. Peiris, presenting here a more complete article than that featured in The Island of 16th June 2020 under the title “A National Election in a ‘Time of Troubles’. ” The phrase ‘Time of Troubles’ is borrowed from the … Continue reading →
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Fortitude: Murali’s Fight to stay on the Field
Andrew Fidel Fernando. in Cricket Monthly within ESPNcricinfo, 11 August 2020, where the title runs “Growing up with Murali,” Ten years after he retired, a reflection on what Muttiah Muralitharan has meant – and means – to a nation Before … Continue reading →
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Forebodings Associated with Place: ‘Slaughterhouse’ Battlefields
Paul Murray, in West Australian, 8 October 2017,where the title reads “Brutal bayonet charge at Battle of 42nd Street hidden in grim landscape” by PETER MONTEATH ….Published: 1st November 2019 …. ISBN: 9781742236032 It seems illogical to think that places could … Continue reading →
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A Chilling and Terrifying Word-Picture of USA Today
David Kilcullen, in The Inquirer, 30 May 2020 and the Australian, 4 June 2020, with this title “Home of the hateful, fearful, heavily armed” ….. Coronavirus is threatening to ignite a tinderbox of grievances in the US. The growing parallels … Continue reading →
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Shane Warne as Worldly fat Bastard
David Runciman reviewing NO SPIN by Shane Warne in the London Review of Books … and deploying the title Fat Bastard
